Anthony Schaeffer and Maria Catherine Reeg

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Husband Anthony Schaeffer ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Germany
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           Died:  - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
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       Marriage:  - Northampton Co, PA

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Wife Maria Catherine Reeg ³

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            AKA: Mary Catherine Reeg 2
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Children

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1 F Eva Catherine Schaeffer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 15 Nov 1766 - Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh Co, PA 2 4
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           Died: 15 Sep 1862 - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Hankey's Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: John Michael Best (1761-1843) 5
           Marr: 1783 - Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh Co, PA 2

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2 M George Peter Schaeffer ⁶

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           Born: 27 Mar 1769 - Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co, PA 7
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3 F Elizabeth Christina Schaeffer ⁴

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           Born: 21 Feb 1771 - Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co, PA 4
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4 F Susanna Margaret Schaeffer ⁷

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           Born: 13 Apr 1774 - Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co, PA 7
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5 M John Philip Schaeffer, Sr. ⁷

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           Born: 18 Nov 1778 or 20 Dec 1778 - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
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           Died: 9 Jul 1848 7
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         Spouse: Catherine Elizabeth Zerfoss (      -1830) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Anthony Schaeffer

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A native of Germany, he settled in Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1733, was married in Northampton County, and came to Armstrong County among the very early settlers, making his home on the land in what was then Kittanning (later Burrell) township. The original tract he owned contained over six hundred acres. He died here when a very old man, and was buried in the old Schaeffer graveyard in Bethel township, where the first Lutheran Church, organized in 1806, was established. He was one of its founders and charter members.

He was the first of the family to come to America from Germany, and settled in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in or about 1782. Shortly afterward he was married.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 492, 895, 905.

2 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 33.

3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 895, 905.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 895.

5 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 11.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 492, 896.

7 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 896.